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Cheese is pretty popular in Britain -- and one of the few foodstuffs that the UK is known for producing (along, possibly, with certain types of beer, cider, whisky, gin, biscuits/cakes, various meats and fish -- have I missed anything?).
My favourite cheeses are:
- a nice piece of cheddar -- though I'm not quite sure what it is that makes a nice piece of cheddar (some types are awfully bland). It being real Cheddar from West Country of England (the vicinity of Cheddar, Somerset), and not just generic "cheddar", helps
- some really nice, moldy Stilton (the rottener the better)
- also nice are Emmental (Swiss), Brie (French) and Camembert (French), but as they're foreign they obviously aren't quite as good (obviously)
However, I haven't been especially adventurous with my cheese consumption and I'm sure there must be some great ones that I've missed out on tasting. Are there any cheese connoisseurs in the house who could recommend some?
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Well I aint no connie sewer, but I like a good Sharp chedder cheese and gouda, and a really good processed american cheese made with milk from contented cows. mac and cheese ummmmm ummmm Canadian dinner
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
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marc
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I love cheeses too.... As does Kevy.....
There is a store about 15 miles away that has over 2500 different cheeses from all around the world.
I especially enjoy a good English cheddar...... the sharper the better...
Oh, the difference between mild and sharper cheese is the amount of time it is aged.
Assiago cheese is good too..... as is a good Jarlesburg melted over a nice bakery fresh bagget of French bread.
I got a taste for fresh fruit, a variety of cheeses and crisp bread along with a nice bottle of Chardeney(sp) to take along on a nice spring outing into the country. Spread out a blanket in the warm sun, enjoy a light lunch and just have a nice romantic interlude with that special guy.
Ahhhhh...... I think I shall sleep good tonight....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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Gawd.....
American Cheese is awful..... waxy and pasty.....
Now I adore a home made baked macaroni and cheese casserole.
soooooooooooo yummy and easy to make too......
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Oh, Jarlsberg! Whoops, forgot that one. Very nice. Slightly sweet and sort of nutty.
I think I was confusing it with Emmental. Silly me.
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Roquefort
Limburger
Kvargl (Spelling?)
Liptauer
St Agur
Brie
Camenbert
Most "hard cheeses"
no "processed cheeses"
parmesan
mozzarella as a topping
most goats cheeses
Dolcelatte
Never Danish Blue - tastes like washing up liquid
Gorgonzola
Stilton at a pinch
Tilsit
Actually pretty much any cheese that isn't some damfool invention
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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cossie
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... how could you possibly omit from a list of UK culinary delights something as essential to human well-being as Black Pudding!!!!!
Unhapplily, my one and only allergy is to cheese, so although I am addicted to traditional British foods I can only enjoy cheese vicariously.
I had a rural upbringing, and when I was very small my grandmother lived with us. She was born in 1867 (my grandfather was over 60 when my father was born, my father wasn't much younger when I was born, and my gran lived to a great age; I will take serious issue with anyone who alleges that I must be at least 97!) and I can remember her making cheese from milk from our own cows. It was churned by hand (I loved to be allowed to turn the handle!), and was shaped, pressed and matured in a back pantry which had a permanently cheesy smell. I could't eat it, but I seem to remember that it was referred to as Lancashire Cheese - one of the lesser-known English varieties.
And what about Wensleydale? After all, Wallace and Gromit were prepared to go to the moon to get some - and if you haven't watched 'A Grand Day Out', well, shame on you!
My wife enjoys Red Windsor, Sage Derby and - when she can find it - Dorset Blue Vinny. She doesn't think much of Cheshire or Red Leicester, though she sometimes uses them in cooking - but as I can't eat the result I'm not qualified to express an opinion.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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marc
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Omit "black Pudding"...... Easily......
Gross......
and......
Wallace and Gromit did go to the moon and DID eat moon cheese there.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Wensleydale...
I went out and perused the cheese selection at my university's shop, and was highly unimpressed by the variety of cheeses on offer. Honestly, who are the *idiots* who go and buy nasty synthetic processed cheese and persuade shopkeepers that it is actually worth stocking in lieu of decent cheese? (No offence to idiots intended.)
Nevertheless, I had my first taste of Wensleydale. How can I have been missing it all these years? Definitely worth a taste. Though it was not the blue version. I'll try that next, as soon as I can make it to a proper cheesemongers.
Incidentally: Wallace and Gromit. The latest adventure of whom is winner of the best British film BAFTA this year. One of the wittiest animations I have seen for a long time and well up there with Pixar's best. (And it's just made it into the IMDB top 250 films, too.)
If you haven't seen the three short films that preceeded it then they are well worth getting. All three were Oscar-nominated and two won Oscars. The first, A Grand Day Out (the one Cossie referred to) is charming (if not quite not so slick as the others) because it was literally made single-handedly, over six years -- and was a student film, no less!
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marc
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200g Wallace & Gromit Wensleydale
Real Traditional Wensleydale from Hawes (for children great and small). Children have sensitive taste buds, and they will love this delicious cheese in preference to strong, acidic varieties. It is extremely nutritious, rich in vitamins, and suitable for snacks encouraging healthy teeth and bones. Suitable for vegetarians. 200g mini cheese finished in red wax.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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http://www.wensleydale.co.uk/
It's funny...... The cost, shipped from the UK is less expensive than going to the cheese store down the road.
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Jarlsberg, Gouda, Baby Swiss, and Monterey Jack.
Hugs, Charlie
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Edam
Fontina Val d'Aosta
parmgiano reggiano
a good mozzarella
a good feta
provolone is always nice, my favorite sandwich cheese
camembert
brie
gruyere
havarti
marscapone
monterey jack
oaxaca
queso fresco
paneer
if you like blue cheeses, gorgonzola is good (although I hate these types of cheeses)
thats all I can think of at the moment.
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... the mention of 'children great and small' in the Wensleydale Creamery 'Wallace and Gromit' advertisement is a reference to the hugely-successful 1970s/80s TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small', much of which was filmed in Wensleydale. It was based upon the autobiographical novels of Alf Wight ("James Herriot"), who was a vet in the nearby market town of Thirsk all of his working life, starting in the 1930s. I think that the series was aired on public service channels throughout most of the English-speaking world. There was also a 1974 feature film based upon his first book. There were five books, the first four taking their titles (in the order 2-1-3-4) from the four lines of the first verse of the well-loved children's hymn by Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander -
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small;
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
The last book, which appeared in 1992 and has never been dramatised, was 'Every Living Thing'.
Cecil Frances Alexander was quite a character too; an Anglican (=Episcopal) clergyman's wife, sho also wrote 'There is a green hill far away' and 'Once in Royal David's city'.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Kevy and I just ordered the series from the library.
We viewed the first 2 episodes and they are wonderful.
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... they're great!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Cossie:
>There were five books, the first four taking their titles (in the order 2-1-3-4) from the four lines of the first verse of the well-loved children's hymn by Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander -
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small;
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Well, not quite. If I remember correctly, these were the names of the "omnibus editions", themselves comprised of shorter novels/books.
Ah, yes. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot
I haven't seen the television programmes but I used to love the books (and still do -- the problem is that I have managed to lose them). While I will probably have to go and seek out the television programmes now, I must reiterate that even if you are able to get those (and *especially* if you like them), you must try and find the books too. They are charming, have a wonderful turn of phrase and are often very funny.
I'm not always of the opinion that an adaptation can never live up to its source material (and I really can't say for this one, as I haven't seen the television version), but in this case I really feel I must chide you, Cossie, for not making it a bit clearer that the books are quite so marvellous in their own right!
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Is this some kind of perversion akin to Brian's assertion that some people like being smacked? Wash your mouth out with soap, young man, before I REALLY take you in hand!
Actually, :-[ :-[ :-[ you are right! My only defence (and, if I do say so myself, it's a pretty good one!) is that it was Marc's thread, and the titles I gave are those used in the US market, where - apparently - the originals were considered too short for successful publication. 'If only they could talk' and 'It shouldn't happen to a vet' were published together in the USA as 'All creatures great and small', 'Let sleeping vets lie' and 'Vet in harness' were published together as 'All things bright and beautiful', and 'Vets might fly' and 'Vet in a spin' followed as 'All things wise and wonderful'; the remaining books were published in the same form in both the UK and the US.
You should also have chided me (Hmm, I could get to like this!) for omitting a second feature film (If Only They Could Talk), released in 1975.
And finally - I take issue with the Wikipedia's statement that Christopher Timothy was unknown when cast for the TV series! He had appeared in bit-parts in many other TV productions, but I especially remember him playing a Detective Sergeant to Anton Rodgers' Detective Inspector in a series based on Colin Watson's 'Flaxborough Chronicles'. So there!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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From France:
Fourme d`Ambert
Bleu d`Auverne
Bleu de Bresse
St Agur
Roquefort
From Sweden:
Grönmögelost
From Norway:
Ädelost
From Italy:
Pecorino
Gorgonzola
From Swiss:
Greyerzer
Appenzeller
From UK:
Blue Stilton
Did you ever tasted the Cheddar from Orkney?
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cossie
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... Cheddar has become a generic name for a particular kind of cheese, rather than an indication of where the cheese was made - and, so far as I know, very little is actually produced in the Cheddar area of Somerset.
If you like Stilton (the UK's best-known but least distinguished blue cheese, largely produced at Melton Mowbray, several miles from Stilton) you could upgrade to Wensleydale Blue or Dorset Blue - the latter being hard to find because of hygiene regulations, which seems curious because the smell would kill almost any living organism!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Humm, maybe the area of Cheddar of Somerset,was named after the cheese, by a Scottsman who had just drank a bottle of whisky and eatten hagges. ;-D
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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... a Scotsman who has drink a bottle of whisky and eaten a helping of haggis is in no state to name anything. In fact, he's in no state to DO anything!!!! ...
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Thanks to the haggis, or the whisky, or the combination of both? Did the Scots ever use it as a weapon against its enemies?
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Ah - they are using the same tactics as the Soviets did, trying to conquer the Nato enemy by drinking all the vodka themselves. :-/ The Brits were at least smart enough to let the Chinese have all the opium.
As to cheese - we eat a lot of Jarlsberg up here. It's the only Norwegian cheese mentioned so far, and the only one worth mentioning. It's like a small chamber music variation on a better known Swiss theme. Marc's and David's descriptions of it are good.
When having a good time, alone or with friends or family, I often prefer some Italian cheese together with a not too hefty Italian wine.
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I made a new aquaintance last October, called peppered Maltese cheese. It is made from sheep milk (probably from the island of Gozo), is white, with a semi-soft texture and a mild, delicate taste. Recommended in sallad dishes!
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Hmmm, I like Ementaller too, I also like one of the sharper of swiss cheezes, Gueryer, or Gueyer, or Guyer. I know how to say it, jst not spell it. Anyhow, I love it, but the smell may put you off a bit at first, but try it anyhow. Its great with apples, or on toast.
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